He told FMT that he would ensure the shutdown of the controversial Raub Australian Gold Mine (RAGM) if experts supported allegations that its extraction procedure was responsible for causing ill health among residents in and around Bukit Koman.
The company uses hydrogen cyanide to extract gold.
“We’re going to have an honest, independent, international body to assess the scientific and safety requirements,” he declared after a walkabout at a night market in the sleepy village of Kampung Sungai Kelau.
“If they don’t conform and endanger the health of the people, we’ll just shut it down,” he said.
Kampung Bukit Koman residents say many of them have been afflicted with skin rashes, shortness of breath and other illnesses since RAGM began its operations in 2009. They and their sympathisers blame cyanide poisoning for the symptoms.
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